His novel “The Barbarian Nurseries” was named a New York Times Notable Book in 2011 and also won the California Book Award Gold Medal for Fiction his latest work is “The Last Great Road Bum.” He’s married, the father of three children and the son of Guatemalan immigrants. The Los Angeles-born writer is the author of five books, which have been translated into 15 languages. Tobar has an MFA in creative writing from UC Irvine and studied at UC Santa Cruz and at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico in Mexico City. He has also worked as features editor at the LA Weekly and as editor of the bilingual San Francisco magazine El Tecolote. Tobar was The Times’ bureau chief in Mexico City and Buenos Aires and was part of the reporting team that won a Pulitzer Prize for coverage of the 1992 L.A. The House on Mango Street is the coming-of-age classic by Sandra Cisneros. Free Shipping on Orders 30+ Code: MOMSDAY Free Shipping on Orders 30+ Code: MOMSDAY. Hector Tobar worked at the Los Angeles Times for two decades: as a city reporter, national and foreign correspondent, columnist and with the books and culture department. Adult tees featuring the book cover for The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros.
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